Mughal dynasty facts for kids

Imperial Seal of the Mughal Empire

The Mughal dynasty, or Great Moguls or simply Moguls or Muguls (a corruption of the word 'Mongol') were a dynasty of Muslim rulers who came from Central Asia and founded the Mughal Empire in medieval India. It was a branch of the Timurid dynasty founded by Tamerlane.

The Mughal dynasty is generally divided into the following:

Early or Great Mughals

• Babur (reigned 1526-1530) founded the dynasty;
• Humayun (r: 1530-1540, then interregnum, then back in 1555-1556)
• Akbar the Great (1556-1605)
• Jahangir (1606-1627)
• Shah Jahan (1628-1658)
• Aurangzeb Alamgir (1658-1707)

Later or Lesser Mughals

• Shah Alam Bahadur Shah I (1707-1712)
• Jahandar Shah (1712-1713)
• Farrukhsiyar (1713-1719)
• Muhammad Shah Rangeela (1719-1748)
• Ahmad Shah (1748-1754)
• Alamgir II (1754-1759)
• Shah Alam II (1759-1806)
• Akbar (Shah) II (1806-1837)
• Bahadur Shah Zaffar II (1837-1858)

Images for kids

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  Group portrait of Mughal rulers, from Babur to Aurangzeb, with the Mughal ancestor Timur seated in the middle. On the right: Shah Jahan, Akbar and Babur, with Abu Sa'id of Samarkand and Timur's son, Miran Shah. On the left: Aurangzeb, Jahangir and Humayun, and two of Timur's other offspring Umar Shaykh and Muhammad Sultan. Created c. 1707–12